This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Exam Based > Miscellenous Questions – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Questions Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. William Digbey, a British Writer had calculated that the number of who died during famines from 1854 to 1901 was almost over A) 32853000. B) 305500. C) 28825000. D) 30575000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 28825000. 2. Rajputas are mentioned as Agnikula Kshatriyas in A) Rajataragini. B) Vikramankadeva Charita. C) Prithviraj Raso. D) Dasakumara Charita. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prithviraj Raso. 3. The cultural and linguistic heritages of Burma and Siam can be traced to: A) Vietnam. B) India and China. C) China. D) India, China, and Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India and China. 4. Who was Lord Morley? A) Secretary of the state. B) Viceroy of India. C) Governor General of India. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secretary of the state. 5. What was the main cause of conflict between Mir Qasim and the East India Company? A) Mir Qasim's alliance with the Mughal Emperor and the Nawab of Oudh. B) Abuse of Dastaks by the English. C) Mir Qasim's conspiracy with the French. D) Mir Jafar's conspiracy with the East India Company. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abuse of Dastaks by the English. 6. Which of the following inscriptions record the annihilation of Hunas? A) Mandasor Inscription. B) Bhitari Inscription. C) Prayag-Prashasti. D) Junagarh Inscription. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Junagarh Inscription. 7. A Byzantine-made version of the ancient Roman legal code became known as the ..... A) Twelve Tables. B) Byzantine Constitution. C) Justinian Code. D) Ten Commandments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twelve Tables. 8. Which country has always remained free from foreign rule? A) Nepal. B) Laos. C) Phillipines. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nepal. 9. Industrial Revolution was started in which country did A) Germany. B) France. C) U.S.A. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. 10. The widespread using of Black and Red ware (BRW) and Painted Grey Ware (PGW) mark the A) Coming of Iron Technology in India. B) Coming of Copper Technology in India. C) End of using bronze. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coming of Iron Technology in India. 11. Which of the following statements is correct about Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru? A) Nehru had his higher education in India only. B) Nehru stressed the importance of national planning. C) Nehru did not believe in the doctrine of non-violence. D) Nehru was not in favour of socialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nehru stressed the importance of national planning. 12. Who propagated the Vaishnava Theology of Dvaitadvaita? A) Adi Shankaracharya. B) Ramanujacharya. C) Nimbarkacharya. D) Vallabhacharya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nimbarkacharya. 13. What was the Ilbert Bill intended for? A) To change the method of recruitment in the Indian Civil Service. B) To enable India District Magistrates and Session Judges to try Europeans. C) To remove racial discrimination in employment. D) To save Indians from racial humiliation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To enable India District Magistrates and Session Judges to try Europeans. 14. Boghazkai Inscription refers to A) Indra & Varuna. B) Indra, Varuna, Mitra, Nats. C) Indra, Varuna & Mitra. D) Indra & Mitra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indra, Varuna & Mitra. 15. Who was the founder of Jaimism A) Swami Vivekananda. B) Kirthi Varman. C) Vardhamana Mahavira. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vardhamana Mahavira. 16. Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place? A) Hardinge-II. B) Reading. C) Chelmsford. D) Irwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chelmsford. 17. The French Queen, Marie Antonitte, was termed as A) Empty headed. B) Dumb headed. C) Hot headed. D) High headed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Empty headed. 18. Which was not one of the cardinal principles of Mahatma Gandhi's doctrine of Satyagraha? A) Truthfulness. B) Abstinence. C) Non-violence. D) Fearlessness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abstinence. 19. Haider Ali's administration is remembered for its: A) Nobel innovations. B) Leniency. C) Severity. D) Welfare measures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Severity. 20. From which of the following hoards were four massive copper replicas - of a rhinoceros, an elephant, a chariot, and a buffalo - typical or a Chalcolithic culture obtained? A) Daimabad. B) Inamgaon. C) Navdatoli. D) Prakash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daimabad. 21. The statement of Mahatma Gandhi that it was 'a post-dated cheaue' was related to? A) The Cripps Mission. B) The Simon Commission. C) The Young-Husband's Mission. D) The Cabmet Mission. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Cripps Mission. 22. Who among the following was not an exponent of Bhakti movement? A) Ramanada. B) Shankaracharya. C) Kabir. D) Nanak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shankaracharya. 23. The Gita was complied by A) Vedvyas. B) Vatsyayan. C) Valmiki. D) Krishna Vasudev. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Krishna Vasudev. 24. Kautilya was the Prime Mjnister of which of the following Indian rulers? A) Ashoka. B) Chandragupta Maurya. C) Harshavardhana. D) Chandragupta I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandragupta Maurya. 25. Who said "If it were proved to me that it (untouchability) is an essential part of Hinduism I for one would declare myself an open rebel against Hinduism itself" ? A) B.G. Tilak. B) B.R. Ambedkar. C) Jyotiba Phule. D) M.K. Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) M.K. Gandhi. 26. Harsha's military expansion in the Deccan was checked by A) Dantidurga. B) Pulkesin II. C) Mahendravarman. D) Rajendra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pulkesin II. 27. Umm-ul- Banin was a remarkable -- women A) Spanish. B) Arab. C) Egyptian. D) European. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) European. 28. The Arthashastra is not concerned with A) Appointment of superintending officers for industries. B) Appointment of superintending officers for agriculture. C) Assignment of lands to officers for their services. D) Administration of tests of loyalty to ministers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assignment of lands to officers for their services. 29. What was the rate of land revenue as given in the dharma shastras? A) 8-Jan. B) 4-Jan. C) 6-Jan. D) 3-Jan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6-Jan. 30. Which group made up the largest part of the population in feudal society? A) Lords. B) Vassals. C) Knights. D) Peasants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peasants. 31. Which of the following was not hanged in connection with the Kakori Conspiracy Case? A) Ashfaqullah Khan. B) Bhagat Singh. C) Roshan Singh. D) Rajendra Lahiri. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhagat Singh. 32. The world Heritage fund was created on A) 1973. B) 1972. C) 1974. D) 1970. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1972. 33. Who among the following had constructed the Red Fort in Delhi? A) Shah-Jahan. B) Jahangir. C) Akbar. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shah-Jahan. 34. Consider the following passage and identify the three tribal principalities referred to there, in using the codes given below In the early history of the far South in India, three tribal principalities are mentioned in Ashokan inscriptions of the 3rd century BC and in Kharavela inscription of the 1st century BC. A) Vakatakas, Cholas and Satvahanas. B) Cholas, Pandyas and Cheras. C) Ikshvakus, Vakatakas and Pandyas. D) Pallavas, Cholas and Pandyas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cholas, Pandyas and Cheras. 35. The Indian reaction to British academic study of India was: A) Concern. B) The Hindu Renaissance. C) Disinterest. D) Jealous hostility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Hindu Renaissance. 36. Ashoka the Great, died in A) 226 B.C. B) 232 B.C. C) 216 B.C. D) 206 B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 232 B.C. 37. What was the occasion of handing over of Mumbai (Bombay) to Britishers by the Portuguese? A) Freedom of Portuguese from the control of Spain. B) The Treaty of Madrid in 1630. C) Marriage of Charles II with the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza. D) Crushing of Spanish Armada by British in 1588. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marriage of Charles II with the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza. 38. Which of the following books mention Bindusara as an anointed Kshatriya? A) Dipavamsa. B) Mahavamsa. C) Divyavadana. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divyavadana. 39. Who among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma? A) Vallabhacharya. B) Madhava. C) Mirabai. D) Nimbarka. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Madhava. 40. The great French socialist Babeuf was executed in the year A) 1798. B) 1796. C) 1799. D) 1797. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1797. 41. Historian Abdul Hamid Lahori was in the court of A) Aurangzeb. B) Shahjahan. C) Akbar. D) Jahangir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shahjahan. 42. Bibi Ka Maqbara was erected by ..... at Aurangabad and is a replica of the Taj Mahal. A) Jahangir. B) Bahadur Shah Zafar. C) Aurangzeb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aurangzeb. 43. Which one of the following Sikh Guru enjoyed the rank of 5000 zat and 5000 sawar under the Mughals? A) Guru Hargovind. B) Guru Tegh Bahadur. C) Guru Gobind Singh. D) Guru Har Kishan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guru Gobind Singh. 44. According to which of the following sources is Ashoka said to have built the city of Srinagar? A) Tibetan tradition. B) Buddhist tradition. C) Jain tradition. D) Kalhana's Rajatarangini. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kalhana's Rajatarangini. 45. Who was the founder of Paramara dynasty? A) Nagabhatta. B) Siyaka. C) Mahadeva. D) Krishna Raja. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Krishna Raja. 46. Who among the following was a commentator of the Manusmriti? A) Visvarupa. B) Asahaya. C) Bhattasvami. D) Medhatithi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medhatithi. 47. Which one of the following statements cannot be attributed to Firoz Tughlaq? A) He restored the rent free lands (inam, Idrar) granted to theologians. B) He abolished all taxes not sanctioned by Shara. C) He raised the grants of teachers and stipends for students. D) He forced Khuts, Muqaddams and Chaudharis to pay grazing tax and house tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He forced Khuts, Muqaddams and Chaudharis to pay grazing tax and house tax. 48. Ghasiti Begam, Shaukat Jang, Rajballabh and Yar Latif Khan were sore enemies of A) Shuja-ud-daulah. B) Siraj-ud-daulah. C) Nanda Kumar. D) Nawab Alivardi Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Siraj-ud-daulah. 49. Ashoka Pillar at Allahabad provides information about the reign of A) Chandragupta I. B) Chandragupta I. C) Chandragupta Maurya. D) Samudragupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Samudragupta. 50. Who was the last ruler of Prathihara dynasty? A) Rajyapala. B) Vijayalaya. C) Nagabhatta. D) Simhavishnu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajyapala. 51. Who among the following Bhakti Saints was part of the egalitarian, personalized Varkari devotionalism tradition? A) Ramananda. B) Mirabai. C) Tukaram. D) Kabir. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tukaram. 52. Direct Action was the brain child of? A) Subhs chandra bose. B) Mahatma gandhi. C) Mohd. Ali Jauhar. D) Mohd. Ali Jinnah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mohd. Ali Jinnah. 53. In India Wahabi Movement's important centre was at A) Madras. B) Patna. C) Hyderabad. D) Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patna. 54. The Cape of Good Hope was discovered by A) Dc Almeida. B) Vasco-da-Gama. C) Albuquerque Diaz. D) Bartholomew. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bartholomew. 55. What was the reason or ground for the British Empire to annex Sambalpur in 1850? A) Lack of proper governance. B) Death of its ruler without any heir. C) Subsidiary Alliance. D) Its involvement in a conspiracy against British Rule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Death of its ruler without any heir. 56. Who built the Ibadatkhana at Fatehpur Sikri? A) Shahjahan. B) Auranangzeb. C) Akbar. D) Jahangir. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Akbar. 57. Where did Vivekananda attend the World's Parliament of Religion in 1893? A) Chicago. B) Washington. C) Alaska. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chicago. 58. What was the language of Allahabad Parasasti? A) Hindi. B) Aramaic. C) Sanskrit. D) Parkrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 59. Where was Narayana Guru born? A) Bengal. B) Maharashtra. C) Punjab. D) Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kerala. 60. The term Chitrapata used in some historical sources denotes A) Painted pots. 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